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Mr. Kundapur Vaman Kamath, BE, PGDBA, served as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of ICICI Bank Ltd., from May 03, 2002 to April 30, 2009. Mr. Kamath served as the President and Vice President of the Confederation of Indian Industry. He started his career in 1971 at ICICI. He has led the ICICI Group's transformation into a diversified, technology-driven universal banking group, that includes India's leading retail credit provider as well its leading private ... sector insurance and asset management companies. In 1988, he moved to the Asian Development Bank and spent several years in South-East Asia before returning to ICICI as its Chief Executive Officer in 1996. He has been the Non Executive Chairman of ICICI Bank Ltd. since May 1, 2009. He has been the Non Executive Chairman of Infosys Ltd. since October 11, 2014. Mr. Kamath serves as the Chairman of ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited - Investment Manager of Prudential ICICI Mutual Fund - Prudential ICICI Infrastructure Fund and Prudential ICICI Tax Plan. He serves as Vice-Chairman and Member of Governing Board of Indian School of Business. He serves as the Chairman of ICICI Securities Primary Dealership Limited. He served as the Non Executive Chairman of Infosys Ltd., from August 21, 2011 to June 1, 2013. He served as the Chairman of ICICI Bank Eurasia LLC. He served as the Chairman of ICICI Securities Ltd. until April 22, 2009 and ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited until April 23, 2009. Mr. Kamath served as Chairman of ICICI Bank UK PLC until April 6, 2009. He served as the Chairman of ICICI Personal Financial Services Limited and ICICI Bank Canada Ltd. until April 9, 2009 and ICICI Venture. He served as the Chairman at ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited until April 21, 2009. He has been a Director of ICICI Bank Ltd., holding of ICICI Bank UK PLC since April 17, 1996. He has been a Director of Schlumberger Limited since 2010. Mr. Kamath serves as a Director for ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited - Investment Manager of Prudential ICICI Mutual Fund - Prudential ICICI Infrastructure Fund and Prudential ICICI Tax Plan. He has been an Director of Infosys Ltd. since May 2, 2009. He served as Lead Independent Director of Infosys Ltd. since June 1, 2013. He served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Lupin Limited from January 29, 2010 to November 9, 2011. He served as a Director of ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited until April 23, 2009. He served as an Additional Director of Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd. from May 22, 2010 to November 2011. He served as a Director at ICICI Bank UK PLC until April 6, 2009. He served as a Director at ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited until April 21, 2009. He served as a Director of ICICI Bank Canada Ltd. until April 22, 2009. He served as Director of ICICI Venture. He served as a Director of ICICI Securities Ltd until April 22, 2009. Mr. Kamath serves as a Director of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and Asia Pacific Visa International Asia-Pacific Regional Board, Singapore. He serves as a Director of Confederation of Indian Industry and the Manipal University. He serves as an Advisory Board member of NCR Financial Solutions Group Limited, London. He serves as Member of Board of Governors of Karnataka Regional Engineering College, Mangalore, and Member of Board of Management of Manipal Academy of Higher Education. He is a Member of Court of Governors of Administrative Staff College of India and Governing Board National Institute of Bank Management. He serves as a Member of Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore. Mr. Kamath serves as a Trustee of Dr. T.M.A. Pai Foundation. He served as Member of Governing Board of Emergency Management and Research Institute. He serves as Member of International Advisory Committee of NYSE Euronext, Inc. He serves as Co-Chairman of Emerging Markets Advisory Council at Institute of International Finance, Inc. He was named Asian Business Leader of 2001 by CNBC Asia and the most e-savvy Chief Executive Officer amongst Asian bankers by the Asian Banker Journal of Singapore. He was conferred with the Padma Bhushan, one of India's highest civilian honours, in 2008, by the President of India. He was named "Businessman of the Year" by Forbes Asia and "Business Leader of the Year" in 2007 by The Economic Times, "Banker of the Year" by Business Standard and "Outstanding Business Leader of the Year" by CNBC-TV18 in 2006 and "Businessman of the Year" by Business India in 2005. Mr. Kamath holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering, and Post Graduate in Business Management (MBA) from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and an honorary Ph.D. by the Banaras Hindu University.

Non Executive Chairman, Lead Independent Director, Chairman of Nominations & Governance Committee, Chairman of Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, Member of Audit Committee and Member of Management Development & Compensation Committee

Independent Non-Executive Chairman, Chairman of Credit Committee, Chairman of Risk Committee, Member of Board Governance, Remuneration & Nomination Committee, Member of Fraud Monitoring Committee, Member of Customer Service Committee and Member of Information Technology (It) Strategy Committee

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